Euronews: Horrific images spark Ukraine to accuse Russia of genocide near Kyiv
Ukrainian officials said the bodies of hundreds of civilians had been found in towns around the capital Kyiv after Russian troops withdrew.
The images of handcuffed corpses lying face down in the streets or hastily dug graves in Bucha unleashed a wave of outrage, with European leaders joining Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in calling it a genocide.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected the allegations, describing the scenes outside Kyiv as a “stage-managed anti-Russian provocation”.
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Factual timeline of the events in Bucha
ReplyDeleteMar 30 - Russian troops leave Bucha.
Mar 31 - Mayor of Bucha announces town liberated, makes no mention of atrocities.
https://ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3445989-bucha-liberated-from-russian-invaders-mayor.html
The mayor of Bucha in Kyiv region, Anatoliy Fedoruk, stated that the town had been liberated from Russian troops.
Fedoruk said this in his video address posted on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
"March 31 will go down in the history of our Bucha community as the Day of Liberation. ..."
Apr 1/2 - Ukrainian national police enter the liberated city and film while clearing the main roads, as well as with aerial drones. This is uploaded to youtube. The roads where the later April 3 videos show numerous bodies w/ white civilian armbands are seen to be empty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNuMJNIS64
Apr 1/2 - Azov paramilitaries enter Bucha.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/02/world/ukraine-russia-war/scenes-of-desperation-and-death-as-the-russians-retreat-from-suburbs-outside-kyiv
Ukrainian soldiers from the Azov battalion walked through the remnants of a Russian military convoy in the recently liberated town of Bucha on Saturday, just outside the capital after the Russians withdrew.
Apr 3 - Ukr MinDef publishes video of 'Russian' atrocities
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/03/world/ukraine-russia-war/lede
Footage posted by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and photographs from news agencies showed the bodies of men in civilian clothes on the streets of Bucha, a town northwest of Kyiv. Images showed some corpses with hands bound behind their back.